When you’re birding by ear, you use the same skills as when you’re recognizing music; listening to sounds, patterns, changes in pitch, in tone and in volume, but in nature rather than in music. You ...

Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds—one of the natural world's greatest symphonies—is a joy like no other. It is not surprising that bird-watching has become an increasingly popular hobby.

Despite the near-record voter turnout, Toki from Forest & Bird said she feared New Zealanders would give up on some of the most threatened species as they grew more costly to protect, particularly ...

Brum and his colleagues observed the birds in Yorkshire Dales National Park in northwest England. They used a telescope or binoculars to count the dippers’ blinks and to spot an ...

Adam Nicolson, a self-described “beginner in the wood,” unfolds singular facts and compelling anecdotes about birds that fire the imagination.

This bird is able to expertly mimic its owner's impressive operatic singing.